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Are radiation from getting chest xrays bad for you if i just had done and week after having it done again?
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Not really: The amount of radiaton that you get in a chest xray is really not very much in comparison to something like a ct scan. Repeated chest xrays are routine to track the progress of many conditions. Sometimes daily, sometimes annually. I wouldn't want to get them for fun, but if your physician is using them to track the progress of a pneumonia, etc. I wouldn't give it a second thought.
Answered 6/10/2017
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